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President Donald Trump on Christmas Eve at Mar-a-Lago. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

The guardrails against Trump don't work

Sophia A. McClennen

Can institutions save us even when we no longer believe in them?

An ICE patch and badge are seen on a DHS agent during Vice President JD Vance's visit to Minneapolis on Jan. 22, 2026. (Jim Watson - Pool/Getty Images)

MAGA blindsided by ICE blowback

Sophia Tesfaye

MAGA’s whack-a-mole defense of immigration raids is backfiring

Donald Trump. Pro-choice protesters. (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump’s new foreign aid ban

Nicole Karlis

Experts say the Trump administration is using foreign aid to impose anti-human rights ideology globally

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche attends a news conference on November 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images))

Complaint: Trump lawyer crypto conflict

Corey G. Johnson - ProPublica

Todd Blanche ordered changes to crypto prosecutions while owning more than $150,000 in digital assets

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A person walks past a Lady Liberty statue in front of a shuttered gyro shop and a poster calling for a strike of businesses under the banner "ICE out of Minnesota: Day of Truth and Freedom" in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 23, 2026. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP via Getty Images)

Minnesotans brave cold to protest ICE

Garrett Owen

“We embrace our neighbors, and we fight for our fundamental freedoms," one protester told Salon

Signage about slavery is displayed on an outdoor exhibit at Independence National Historical Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 24, 2025. (Photo by Michael Yanow/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Philly sues over slavery exhibit removal

Jelinda Montes

An exhibit on slavery in Philadelphia's Independence National Historical Park was removed on Trump's orders

US Border Patrol agents stand guard at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 8, 2026. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)

Minneapolis already highly militarized

Russell Payne

Critics argue the move is more about signaling power than improving safety

Ralph Fiennes as Dr Ian Kelson in "28 Years Later: The Bone Temple" (Columbia Sony Pictures Entertainment)

In a rage apocalypse, art can be a cure

Melanie McFarland

The new "28 Years Later" shows Ralph Fiennes as a man battling evil with reason, calm and the joy of Iron Maiden

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Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons (C) speaks during a press conference with U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on October 30, 2025, in Gary, Indiana. (Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)

Ex-judge: ICE policy unconstitutional

John E. Jones III - The Conversation

ICE’s policy on raiding whatever homes it wants violates a basic constitutional right

Donald Trump and the Tiktok app (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Trump cheers as TikTok sale finalizes

Jelinda Montes

China’s most popular social media app is getting a U.S. investor-owned spinoff after lengthy legal fight

Wunmi Mosaku as Annie in "Sinners" (Warner Bros. Pictures)

How the viewers changed the Oscar race

Coleman Spilde

Grassroots enthusiasm for performances like those by Amy Madigan and Wunmi Mosaku is shaping voters' picks

Demonstrators march during the nationwide "Stop ICE Terror" rally through downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, on January 20, 2026 in protest against US President Donald Trump's policies. (Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP / Getty Images)

Minn. judges reject ICE warrant requests

Garrett Owen

In one case, a federal judge rejected a warrant against a protester who allegedly threw a single egg

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American actors Adam West as Bruce Wayne/Batman and Burt Ward as Dick Grayson/Robin in the TV series 'Batman', circa 1966. (Photo by Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

The resistance has a "Batman" problem

Alex Galbraith

Liberals keep framing the Trump administration through past evils instead of confronting it on its own terms

President Donald Trump during the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, on Jan. 21, 2026. (Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump lurches further into delusion

Brian Karem

In Davos and the White House briefing room, the president showed that he is faltering and dangerous

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Dems: It's more than just the economy

Heather Digby Parton

Tariffs, ICE raids, city invasions and brutalizing immigrants have also become kitchen table issues

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Harassment at work can now go unpunished

Sara Estep, Haley Norris

Led by Trump's hand-picked chair, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission just made millions vulnerable at work

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A physical representation of Bitcoin and the flag of the United States (U.S.) appear as the background on a laptop computer screen in this photo illustration in Athens, Greece, on January 13, 2026. (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/Getty Images)

"Bitcoin Jesus" skates on Trump ties

Avi Asher-Schapiro, Molly Redden - ProPublica

Billionaire fugitive Roger Ver avoided prison by hiring a defense attorney whom DOJ prosecutors a "Friend of Trump"

Special Prosecutor Jack Smith addresses reporters after his grand jury issued more indictments of former President Donald Trump on August 01 in Washington, DC. (Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump accuses Smith of "perjury"

Alex Galbraith

The president said the former special counsel lied before Congress and should be prosecuted

Rep. Jared Golden, D-Maine, arrives to the U.S. Capitol for the last votes of the week on Thursday, June 15, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Dems crack over "legitimate" ICE funding

Garrett Owen

Seven Dems joined nearly all Republicans to support ICE funding

ICE agents. (Photo by Bryan Cox/Getty Images)

ICE detains 5-year-old boy in Minnesota

Garrett Owen

The child and his father were reportedly transported to a facility in Texas

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MINNEAPOLIS, UNITED STATES - JANUARY 21: US Customs and Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino stands in a gas station parking lot in Minneapolis, Minnesota on January 21, 2026 (Photo by Madison Thorn/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Bovino gasses Minneapolis protesters

Garrett Owen

A federal judge previously said Bovino's tactics "intended to cause protesters harm"

Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark speak onstage during the 2025 iHeartPodcast Awards on March 10, 2025 in Austin, Texas. (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)

"My Favorite Murder," a girl-power trap

Andi Zeisler

Kilgariff and Hardstark’s feminist spin on true crime opened the gates to a decade of problematic podcasting

Prue Leith (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Prue Leith is leaving "Bake Off"

Francesca Giangiulio

After judging over 400 challenges in the tent, Leith says "now feels like the right time to step back"

Office desk with a sandwich (Getty Images/Image Source)

The high cost of lunching

Joy Saha

Your midday lunch break could be costing you over $5,000 annually, says a new study

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